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Author Pyne, Reginald H.

Title Professional discipline in nursing, midwifery, and health visiting : including a treatise on professional regulation / Reg Pyne
Edition Third edition
Published Oxford ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 1998

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 WATERFT HEALTH  610.73069 Pyn/Pdi 1998  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Sect. I. Introduction to Professional Regulation. 1. What is a Profession? 2. Professional Regulation - Essential Elements and Core Principles. 3. The Concept of Professional Discipline -- Sect. II. The Law Relating to Professional Regulation. 4. Registration and Regulation - Its Origins and Development. 5. The Legal Basis of the Regulation of the Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Professions. 6. The Current Law and its Operation -- Sect. III. Professional Regulation in Practice. 7. Advice, Guidance and Standards. 8. Investigating and Judging Alleged Misconduct. 9. Investigating and Judging Alleged Unfitness to Practise due to Illness. 10. The Role of the Nurses Welfare Service -- Sect. IV. Views of Professional Regulation. 11. A View of the Profession: Victims of Change or Agents of Change? 12. How Does it Look from the Outside? -- Sect. V. Case Studies. 13. Professional Conduct Committee Case Studies: 'Could This Happen Where You Work?'
14. Professional Accountability Case Studies: 'Aspects of Accountability and Ethical Practice' -- App. 1. Decisions and/or Discussion of the Professional Conduct Committee Case Studies in Chapter 13 and the Accountability/Ethical Dilemma Case Studies in Chapter 14 -- App. 2. Guidelines for Professional Practice (UKCC Advisory Document) -- App. 3. Standards for the Administration of Medicines (UKCC Standards Document) -- App. 4. Standards for Records and Record Keeping (UKCC Standards Document) -- App. 5. The Scope of Professional Practice (UKCC Advisory Document) -- App. 6. Complaints about Professional Conduct (UKCC Information Document) -- App. 7. International Council of Nurses on Regulation: Toward 21st Century Models
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Midwives -- Great Britain -- Discipline.
Nurses -- Attitudes.
Nurses -- Great Britain -- Discipline.
Nursing ethics -- Great Britain.
Visiting nurses -- Great Britain -- Discipline.
Clinical Competence.
Ethics, Nursing.
Nursing -- standards.
Professional Competence.
Quality Assurance, Health Care.
SUBJECT United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
LC no. 97023059
ISBN 0632040866 (paperback)